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The Girl With The Auburn Hair (Irene Franklin), The Fraser Troupe, Fred Niblo, Joseph Adelman, The Onllaw Trio and Burton's Acrobatic Comedy Dogs (including the highest-leaping greyhouds on earth), are playing at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.The Gumm Sisters play the fourth of seven nights at The Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA. One of the sisters, Frances Gumm, will find stardom after a name change to Judy Garland.
Gerry McGee, lead guitarist of 60s instrumental hit-makers The Ventures, is born in Eunice, Louisiana, USA. McGee was not an original member but did play with the band for long periods in the late 60s and the 70s.The Charlie Parker Quintet plays the seventh of thirteen nights at The Argyle Show Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
During a three-year-long residency, calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is playing nightly in the downstairs bar of Rockhead's club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
Perry Como launches the Christmas Se al Campaign at The Town Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, by singing One Little Candle.
Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson plays at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe, 
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.Fabian is playing during a ten-day engagement at The Three Rivers Inn near Syracuse, New York State, USA.
Elvis Presley is on location in Idyllwild, California, USA, film scenes for his upcoming movie Kid Galahad.Diahann Carroll is playing at The Persian Room in The Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA.
Joe Williams and Harry 'Sweets' Edison are playing at The Sutherland Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo is playing a lunchtime session at Agogo's Club, 1 North Parade, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success when it evolves to become The Animals.
The low-budget horror movie Black Sabbath, starring Boris Karloff, is released in Italy, Europe. Six years later it will be adopted as the name for a pioneering heavy metal band.
The Detours play at St. Mary's Hall, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success after evolving to become The Who.Dick Charlesworth's Big Blues With Bobby Breen play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Outsiders.
The Tridents, featuring future rock guitar hero Jeff Beck, play at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, UK.
John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers play at The Scaffold Club, Northampton, England, UK, Europe.
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Jazz saxophonist Hank Crawford records Route 66, Teardrops and Makin' Whoopee for his Atlantic Records LP After Hours in New York City, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Move, Amen Corner, The Nice, Eire Apparent and The Outer Limits play two shows at The City Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
Vikki Carr is playing during two weeks at The Plaza, New York City, USA.
August Lanoix dies aged 79 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Proficient in violin, trombone and string bass and, starting in 1919, he played in numerous bands including The Kid Clayton Jazz Band, Peter Bocage's Creole Serenaders, The Oriental Serenaders, The Martin Gabriel National Jazz Band, The Black Diamond Orchestra and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Burning Spear plays at The Channel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by One People.
Green On Red play at The Ritzy, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, Europe.
King play at The Gaumont, Southampton, England, UK, Europe.
Little Steven and producer Arthur Baker donate $327,000 in royalties from the Artists Against Apartheid song (Ain't Gonna Play) Sun City to the effort to end apartheid in South Africa.
The Cure release a new single, Wrong Number, on Fiction Records. It will peak at No62 in the UK, spending just two weeks on the chart.
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The chart-topping album Crazy Love by Grammy and Juno Award-winning jazz vocalist Michael Buble is awarded a gold disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
On the European leg of her Monster Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays at The O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.On their Made In Germany tour, Rammstein play the second of two nights at The Arena, Leipzig, Germany, Europe.
Carrie Underwood is involved in a horse riding accident at her home in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, which requires over 40 stitches in her face.
During the 3rd North American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at The T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
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